With technology and funds inhibiting the growth of agro-processing activities in the country, the Bank of industry (BoI) and the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) may review strategies to deepen relationships that would aid the realization of their mandates.

As a result of the menace posed by birds to the productivity of rice farms and the need to quell its destructive activities, a ‘bird scare tape’ technology has been implemented on a farm in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.

Cassava Bread Fund: Few approvals after long wait…..It’s N3.44Bn, not N10Bn, says Bank of Industry

The Guardian - August 10, 2014

AFTER several months of foot-dragging on the disbursement of the N10 billion Cassava bread fund by the Bank of Industry (BoI) and other stakeholders involved in the project, there appear to be a silver lining on the horizon as the newly appointed CEO/Managing Director, Bank of Industry, Mr. Rasheed Olaoluwa paid a courtesy visit to Director-General, FIIRO, Dr. Mrs. Gloria Elemo at the weekend.

Addressing the gathering at the auditorium of the Kenyan School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi, venue of the opening ceremony of the recently concluded conference on finance for revolutionizing agriculture in Africa, Pacific and the Caribbean Island countries, Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said the present administration has tackled farmers problems in the country.

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